Man Utd name 30-man squad for rest of Europa League with Luke Shaw and Tuanzebe out due to injury

MANCHESTER UNITED have left Luke Shaw and Axel Tuanzebe out of their 30-man squad for the Europa League knockouts.

Austrian side LASK face the Red Devils at Old Trafford on Wednesday with the hosts boasting a 5-0 first leg lead.

But absent from that tie, and the rest of the competition, will be Shaw and Tuanzebe.

An ankle injury will keep the left-back out with Tuanzebe unavailable until September, as confirmed by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Phil Jones has made the cut despite suffering from fitness problems himself.

In early July, United boss Solskjaer suggested the centre-back will be back in training by the end of that month.

He told reporters: "Phil and Axel will still be out for a little while.

"It’ll be a few weeks before Phil can start training and Axel, we won’t probably see until September."

MAN UTD EUROPA LEAGUE SQUAD

GK: David De Gea, Sergio Romero, Lee Grant, Nathan Bishop.

CB: Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Ethan Laird, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire, Teden Mengi.

FB: Diogo Dalot, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Brandon Williams. 

MID: Andreas Pereira, Bruno Fernandes, Fred, Ethan Galbraith, James Garner, Daniel James, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Nemanja Matic, Scott McTominay, Paul Pogba.

ATT: Tahith Chong, Mason Greenwood, Odion Ighalo, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford.

Battling to deputise for Shaw will be Brandon Williams, Diogo Dalot and Timothy Fosu-Mensah.

Having recovered from his own long-term injury shortly before football's shutdown, the Dutchman featured in the final three Premier League games of the season and came off the bench in the FA Cup semi-final.

Fellow academy defenders Teden Mengi and Ethan Laird are included in the Europa League squad, along with young midfielder Ethan Galbraith.

Solskjaer is tipped to rotate his team for the LASK match, potentially giving one of the youngsters a runout.

MAN UTD NEWS LIVE: Follow for the latest United news

Most read in Football

Gunners news

Arthur Melo £40m loan-to-buy, Aubameyang AXED from Dubai tour

UNITED LATEST

Cristiano Ronaldo 'asks for Real Madrid return', Palhinha targeted

FOOTY BREAK

Why are there no Premier League games on this weekend and when does it return?

CHELSEA FLOWER GROW

John Terry's growing exotic 'wildlife corridor' in £20m housing project

Changes are particularly likely with the quick turnaround facing the squad after Wednesday's game.

The quarter-final, against either Copenhagen or Istanbul Basaksehir, will then take place the following Monday in Cologne.

Wolves, Olympiacos, Sevilla or Roma await the winner of that tie in a semi-final in Dusseldorf a week later.

    Source: Read Full Article